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About ATSC

ATSC 3.0

The ATSC expects stations to begin testing in earnest in 2017, with early U.S. market deployments in the first half of 2018.

RFI Background and Objective

The information obtained from the RFI responses will be used to inform the ATSC and allied organizations as they establish a framework, including initial plans and high-level budgeting, for an ATSC 3.0 Conformity Assessment program. It is expected the program will eventually be administered under the auspices of one or more industry organizations.

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  Assuring a quality experience for consumers when viewing and interacting with ATSC 3.0 content
  
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  Assuring interoperability between broadcasted content and receivers
  

Note: ATSC understands it may be unlikely any single organization or company will be able to cover all aspects of this RFI. Partial responses are perfectly acceptable and encouraged.

1.0ATSC 3.0 Areas of Testing

1.1Coding, Transmission & Reception

1.1.1Physical Layer Signaling and Protocol (A/321 & A/322)

1.1.1.1Please describe your organization's expertise and experience in Physical Layer Protocols.

1.1.2Link Layer Protocol (A/330)

1.1.2.1Please describe your organization's expertise and experience in Link Layer Protocols.

1.1.3Signaling, Delivery, Synchronization, Error Protection (A/331)

1.1.3.1Please describe your organization's expertise and experience in broadcast Signaling, Delivery, Synchronization and Error Protection.

1.1.4Video (A/341)

1.1.4.1Please describe your organization's expertise and experience in Video Coding,

1.1.5Audio (A/342)

1.1.5.1Please describe your organization's expertise and experience in Audio Coding.

1.1.6Captions and Subtitles (A343)

1.1.6.1Please describe your organization's expertise and experience in Captions and Subtitles.

1.2Data & Meta-Data

1.2.1Service Announcement (A/332)

1.2.1.1Please describe your organization's expertise and experience in Service Announcement.

1.2.2Service Usage Reporting (A/333)

1.2.2.1Please describe your organization's expertise and experience in Service Usage Reporting.

1.2.3Audio Watermark Emission (A/334)

1.2.3.1Please describe your organization's expertise and experience in Audio Watermark Emission.

1.2.4Video Watermark Emission (A/335)

1.2.4.1Please describe your organization's expertise and experience in Video Watermark Emission.

1.2.5Content Recovery in Redistribution Scenarios (A/336)

1.2.5.1Please describe your organization's expertise and experience in Content Recovery in Redistribution Scenarios.

1.3Interactivity

1.3.1Application Signaling (A/337)

1.3.1.1Please describe your organization's expertise and experience in Application Signaling.

1.3.2Interactive Runtime Environment (A/344)

1.3.2.1Please describe your organization's expertise and experience in Interactive Runtime Environments.

1.4Security (A/360)

1.4.1Please describe your organization's expertise and experience in application, service and content Security.

2.0Conformance Test Development

2.1Test Suites

2.1.1Please describe your experience in developing test suites for the ATSC 3.0 Areas of Testing (Coding, Transmission & Reception; Data & Meta-Data; Interactivity; and security.

2.2Test Automation

2.2.1Please describe the types of automation your organization has utilized or developed. Explain what types of automation you would recommend for the different types of test areas (Coding, Transmission & Reception, Data & Meta-Data, Interactivity and Security).

2.3Version Management

2.3.1Please describe the tools or processes your organization has developed or used for version management of test suites and harnesses.

2.4Test Result Formats

2.4.1Please describe the types of test result formats your organization has experience with as well as your recommendation for ATSC 3.0.

2.5Administration

2.5.1Please describe how your company or organization would enable administrative functions for test suite development and execution, including but not limited to progress tracking and reporting.

3.0Conformity Assessment Program Development

The following sections focus on the creation of policies and procedures to enable successful management of all the activities associated with testing products and services for conformity assessment.

3.1Policy Development

3.1.1Please describe your experience developing Policies for Conformance Testing for Conformity Assessment programs.

3.2Procedure Development

3.2.1Please describe your experience developing and documenting procedures for Conformance Testing of Conformity Assessment programs.

3.31st Party Assessment

3.3.1Please describe the types of 1^st party assessment you have experience in developing or have participated in. Also provide your opinion on whether this type of assessment has merit for ATSC 3.0.

3.43rd Party Assessment

3.4.1Please describe the types of 3^rd party assessment you have experience in developing or have participated in. Also provide your opinion on whether this type of assessment has merit for ATSC 3.0.

3.4.2Please list the 3rd party test facilities that you have utilized or supported in conformity assessment or certification.

4.0Implementation Information

4.1Services and Tools

4.1.1Please describe how your organization would provide services, including any tools currently available or in development.

4.2Experience in Conformance Test development and Conformity Assessment

4.2.1Please describe your organization's expertise in similar Conformance Test development and Conformity Assessment programs. If lacking this expertise, describe how you would develop the expertise or partner to provide it.

4.3Assumptions

4.3.1Please list any assumptions that you made in developing your responses to this RFI.

5.0 General Administrative Provisions

5.1Key Dates

5.1.1October 10, 2016: RFI distributed.

5.1.2November 14, 2016: Deadline for responses submitted to this RFI by email.

5.2Submission Guidelines

5.2.1Respondents

5.2.2Communications

5.2.3Single Point of Contact Required

5.2.4Withdrawal of Responses

5.2.5Queries

5.2.6Sharing the RFI

5.3ATSC Authorized Contact Person

President

Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc.

1776 K Street NW

Washington, DC 20006

mricher@atsc.org

5.4Costs

5.4.1NON-DISCLOSURE
Consideration of proposals will take place in ATSC meetings, which are open to individuals with a direct and material interest in the work. In addition, responses to the RFI may be shared with other industry groups. Therefore, ATSC cannot enter into non-disclosure agreements related to this RFI.

5.4.2SUBJECT TO CHANGE
ATSC reserves the right to modify or withdraw this RFI without notice.

5.4.3NO COMMITMENT
ATSC reserves the right to not take any actions based on the responses to this RFI.

5.4.4NO COMPENSATION
ATSC is a voluntary standards organization. ATSC will not provide compensation for responses to this RFI.

5.4.5SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES TO RFI
All submissions should be made in electronic form. Send an electronic version (in Adobe Acrobat format) to the ATSC Authorized Contact identified in section 5.3.

5.5General Company Information

5.5.1What is the company’s full name?

5.5.2Provide a company overview.

5.5.3What products and services does your firm provide?

5.5.4Please provide a list of any relevant accreditations that your company may have received.

5.6Experience Related to Project

5.6.1Have you previously provided services for the Broadcast Television, Media, or related industries? If yes, please describe in which areas and what types of services. Also include results achieved and appropriate industry contacts.

5.6.2Discuss any special qualifications your company has relative to this project.

5.6.3Discuss any specific or potential conflicts your company has relative to this project.

6.0Response Matrix